Beyond Benoit: More Wrestlers Tied to Doc

July 12, 2007 — -- At least six professional wrestlers -- including Chris Benoit, former champion Lex Luger and popular current star Rey Mysterio -- have been implicated in the federal government's probe of a Georgia doctor who already has been indicted for improperly prescribing pain killers and other drugs and who may face additional charges.

A search warrant document dated June 27 and obtained by the Fox News affiliate in Atlanta identifies several wrestlers by name whose medical records were seized as part of a Drug Enforcement Agency raid of Dr. Phil Astin's Carrolton, Ga., office.

In addition to Benoit, who police say killed his wife and young son before hanging himself during the weekend of June 22, the TV station reported that investigators seized the records of Oscar Gutierrez -- the real name of wrestler Rey Mysterio -- and Mark Jindrak.

The original indictment against Astin charges the doctor with seven counts of writing prescriptions improperly in 2004 and 2005 to two patients identified only by the initials O.G. and M.J.

A spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office would not identify the two patients in the indictment when asked by ABC News earlier this week, but Fox reported that it had confirmation from investigators that the initialed patients do, in fact, refer to Gutierrez and Jindrak.

Mysterio, a mask-wearing, Mexican-born wrestler, has held numerous championship belts, including World Wrestling Entertainment's heavyweight championship belt. He was one of the wrestlers named in a 2006 Sports Illustrated story for receiving illegal steroids prescriptions.

Jindrak, now wrestling overseas, spent four years as a WWE player.

Also listed on the Astin search warrant document, according to Fox News, is the name Lawrence Pfohl, the real name of former wrestler Lex Luger, a Georgia resident who rose to championship status in the 1990s but has since faced a string of personal and legal setbacks.

In May 2003, his girlfriend died after ingesting a mix of narcotics -- including anabolic steroids -- and alcohol. Luger would later plead guilty to a series of drug charges connected to a search of the couple's home.